and so in discussion with mr. ward, previously in discussing how we were going to figure out how to permit this, he said that you know, that they might have packaged food or beverage. that sort of thing and that is how we arrived. >> that they would charge for or not charge for? >> yeah. that they would charge for. >> yeah. >> and so, i don't know how that works does it have to go to the health department? >> even if it is prepackaged. >> because, actually, and i just want some clarification on it. can we grant a permit if they do not serve food or beverage or food and beverage? >> yes. >> we can. >> if they are charging, if they are charging admission, for entertainment, then yes. >> okay. >> thank you. >> could i just... i think that this is a compliance issue, and just to get them into the permit. because they have been running programming. what is out of compliance that they were charging? >> i think that proerj *f originally what happened was that we had an inspector who stopped by and thought that they may have b

mr. hernandez, i have axis of love, james ward, denice [inaudible], hector torres, steven crane, and looks like penny graham. please come forward as your name is called. >> my name's james ward, i'm a veteran, i've been a citizen of this city for about seven years now. i want to make sure nothing happens to -- remove our safe access from having a cannabis club where it should not be. how many walgreen's do we have abused than marijuana ever has been. that might be a problem now in this city is the abuse of the drugs that are legal, the ones that are prescribed. well, medical marijuana is a prescription too and i don't want to see any access removed for anybody. one of the many things i want to see is that we don't /hruplen it in with the gambling and massage parlors and all the other stuff it's going on. it's nothing to do with that. it's a medical issue and that's where it should be left is a medical issue and that's all i have to say. thank you. >> >> good afternoon, my name is shawna. i have a concern about fairness of process. i know there's a few dispensaries that have applied in the

the other system we believe is properly characterized as an active solar system and my neighbor mr. ward will expound upon that for you, but it involves collecting hot air, storing it, super heating it, putting it in what we call a thermal box and then redistributing it to the home in the evening hours. when this addition was first proposed we met with the rk architects and they explained to us the shade that would be created and we explained to them and gave them the articles how our solar homes work. they did a shade study that showed in the winter when we most rely upon this heat the two lower units would lose 50% of our sunlight in the winter. this represented a loss of heat and a financial burden to us. a subsequent study by the 1040 broderick street owner confirmed that we would lose heat and actually made us a financial offer so that we could purchase more natural gas heat. we are committed to solar heat. the houses are solar homes. they were built to take advantage of what was at the time the first big wave of solar power under governor brown the first time around. there is you k

. >> do you want to say anything mr. ward? or you are good? >> all right, any commissioner comments or questions? >> seeing none, oh, yeah. we are going to take the public comment. but commissioner ak akers do you have something? >> is there any public comment on the application? >> good evening, commissioners, there is an old saying that is better to be safe than sorry and i think that having that discussion out loud and going to the city's attorney office to get the assessment of it, i think that we got it right and it is better to get it right than to have it come out and then later be appealed. and then you go through all of that. and so it is just one of those things where, i think that the process worked. and i am really happy for the applicant. >> thank you. >> any other public comment? >> all right, seeing none, public comment is closed. i am happy to take a motion on this. >> or, if you have any other questions? >> were there police conditions on this application? i don't see them, i can't remember. >> yes, they are here. wait, were t

. >> do you want to say anything mr. ward? or you are good? >> all right, any commissioner comments or questions? >> seeing none, oh, yeah. we are going to take the public comment. but commissioner ak akers do you have something? >> is there any public comment on the application? >> good evening, commissioners, there is an old saying that is better to be safe than sorry and i think that having that discussion out loud and going to the city's attorney office to get the assessment of it, i think that we got it right and it is better to get it right than to have it come out and then later be appealed. and then you go through all of that. and so it is just one of e

mr. barnett's family some closure seeing as though this is around the holiday time. >> in prince gorge jess county, derrick ward, news4. >> a big surprise for two people in temple hills this afternoon. police say the driver of this suv may have been speeding when he lost control and slammed into a house on old branch avenue around 1:00. police took the driver into custody for possession of a controlled substance. he wasn't hurt. neither were the two people inside the home, but they say they certainly were startled by the crash. >> last time i heard something like that and come running outside, it was the earthquake. i said not again. i come running out of the house and see the limb in the yard and said what happened. then the guy came and said, it's a car run inside. >> police say the crash did not do serious damage to the home. president obama and the first daughters got out of the white house today for small business saturday. they did a little shopping at politics and propose bookstore on connecticut avenue in northwest washington. president bought about a dozen books while at the renlster, he chatted with a

>> reporter: finally, authorities came empty handed to the maternity ward to deliver their stunning news. >> and they told her "mrs. fronczak, your baby's been taken." >> what would you like to tell the person who took the baby? >> reporter: we uncovered rare archival news photos and film footage of the case. here is chester fronczak, the day after learning that, while he was at work as an aircraft machinist handing out celebratory cigars, his boy had been stolen. >> do you have an appeal to the kidnapper? >> i pray that she'll take care of the baby. return him. i don't know what more to say. >> reporter: a distraught dora fronczak, with chester kneeling by her side, made a public appeal for the kidnapper to return their son. >> would you have any reason to think why she might have taken the baby? >> the only thing i can think of she must have been desperate for a baby that she would come and take someone else's baby away from them. or she couldn't have her own. or she lost hers or something. but even losing a child, i don't think you're that desperate to go and take another woman's baby. >> reporter: if the kidna

ward for individual leadership in civil rights and economic justice advocacy. our first awardy paul day in management and communications for the university of california san francisco. [ cheers and applause ] and mr. day, if you would like to talk to us about the work that you do for a few minutes. >> sure, yes. i just have to, i'm so honored to be mentioned in the same breath as all of you civil rights pioneers and our other 2013 awardees. i humbly thank you for choosing me for the work that i have done. i have always been a civic minded individual. i get that from my grandparents. i was thinking about this this afternoon and i remember the exact moment where the switch went off. i was a youth representative for the general assembly in presbyterian church in 1989 where they allowed gay ministers in the church. i sat there in the convention center that was as big as -- and through my own issues of being a gay man and when the debate the -- and when the final vote was they were not going to allow this, a spark, that was the moment for me. i stood up with maybe 20 individuals and walked to the center of the room and silently walked down in protest towards the front of the podium where the leadershi

mr. speaker. page 47 of the manifesto says, and i quote, we will stop the forced closure of a&e and maternity ward so that people of better access to local services. how is that going, prime minister? >> there are no changes to services unless they are supported by local gps. and that is a complete difference with what happened under labour. where top down closures of hospitals pick that isn't happening under this government. >> thank you, mr. speaker. according to unite, and i quote, it is increasingly recognized that bullying, violence and harassment is a bad interest because the primers agree that the authorities should always investigate allegations of harassment against employees and their families including women it is allegedly involving members of the trade union? >> my friend is absolutely right. they are very cities these allegations of international intimidation. they need to be properly looked at because the party office is ducking is responsive build it will have to consider what we can do to look at this. i have to say the leader of the labour party is behaving like the mayor of a si